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that is being broadcast on Sun TV. Season 1 to 5, It is a

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talent hunt for children of age group 6 to 13 years old in

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. Season 6, It is a

talent hunt for children of age group 14 to 60 years old in

The show has had over six successful seasons so far. According to Sun TV's website, the show is a reinvented version of its Indian singing competition and mega reality TV show, ''Sapthaswarangal''.SunNetwork - Program Detail
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/ref> ''Sapthaswarangal'' was hugely successful, with the show being renewed for multiple seasons, telecast for over a decade on Sun TV, and introducing multiple playback singers including

Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripaada is an Indian playback singer, working mainly for the South Indian film industry. She is also a voice actor, television presenter, radio jockey, and an entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company ...

, Karthik,

Mahathi Mahathi. S, known by the mononym Mahathi is a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in several Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Punjabi. Family Mahathi hails from a family of musicians: her fathe ...

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, and Vinaya Karthik Rajan. The show airs weekly on Sundays at 1:00pm on Sun TV.

Season 1

Season 1 of the show was sponsored by Cadbury Oreo, and co-sponsored by VCare, GRB Udhayam Ghee, and Premier Cookware & Appliances. Season 1 was hosted by singer Manasi, while singers

Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer and child actress who hails from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 700 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi f ...

and Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy appeared as permanent judges for the season. Lyricist and music director

Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Personal life Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ram ...

appeared as the show's permanent voice trainer. The winner up was secured by AC Gaayathri

Season 2

Season 2 of the show was sponsored by Pudhiya ("New") Cadbury Oreo Strawberry Cream, and co-sponsored by VCare, Jayachandran Textiles, and Premier Cookware & Appliances. Each portion of season 2 was hosted by a different personality, beginning with actress Nisha Krishnan, followed b y television anchor

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, followed by lyricist and music director

, and finally followed by singer Kamalaja Rajagopal. Playback singers

and Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy returned as permanent judges for the season, while Gangai Amaran returned as the show's permanent voice trainer. The top contestants were Aishwarya, Ishwarya, Poojaa Sree ,Akhilesh,Abhinaya, Akshara Shritharan, Dhenuka, Manoj Krishna, Maalavika, Krithika, Krishnakanth, Harshitha, Nithya sri, Harini, Ishwarya, Kavya, Megha, Prarthana, Sneha, Sanjana and Vrusha.

Season 3

Season 3 of the show was sponsored by Pudhiya ("New") Cadbury Oreo Strawberry Cream, and co-sponsored by VCare, Jayachandran Textiles, and Premier Cookware & Appliances. The second half of the season was hosted by Aishwarya Prabhakar, while

, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, and

retained as permanent judges for the season. The winner of the season was set to win a series of prizes from sponsors of the show, and would receive a trophy as title winner. Nine of the final contestants were selected to perform in the finals and compete in the grand finale, part 1 of which was telecast on 28 December 2014. The results of the competition were announced in the second portion telecast on 4 January 2015 by the chief guest at the finale, music director

G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian composer, actor, producer and singer known for his work in Tamil films and a few Telugu films as well. His first film was S Pictures' ''Veyil'' (2006) and he became popular in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s. He ...

. Contestant

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was announced as the winner of season 3 in the second portion of the grand finale telecast on 4 January 2015. Contestant Sandra was crowned runner-up of season 3, and contestant Swetha Sri was crowned best entertainer of the season.

Season 4

The show airs on Sundays at 11:00am on Sun TV, and is hosted by Nakshathra & Muthu. Season 4 of the show is sponsored by Cadbury Oreo, and co-sponsored by VCare, GRB Udhayam Ghee, and Vasanth & Co.

Show format

Open auditions

The open auditions are conducted in various cities in

and are the first stage in determining the finalists of each season. During this stage, contestants sing a song or two before a panel of preliminary audition judges. The panel then decides on-the-spot whether the contestant demonstrated enough ability and performance value to proceed further. If the contestant exhibited exceptional ability in their performance, judges "select" the contestant to move instantly one step forward in the competition. Alternatively, if judges are on the fence about the singer, they will place the contestant on a waitlist until the end of that day's auditions. Otherwise, if the contestant lacks the ability and performance value to proceed further, the contestant will be rejected. Participating contestants are given chocolate or chocolate biscuits to encourage them to perform.

Final level auditions

The final auditions are conducted to select the finalists of each season from the contestants who were selected during open auditions. During this stage, contestants sing a song or two before a panel of final level audition judges. Again, the panel decides on-the-spot whether the contestant demonstrated enough ability and performance value to proceed further. If the contestant exhibited exceptional ability in their performance, judges "select" the contestant to move instantly one step forward in the competition. Alternatively, if judges are on the fence about the singer, they will place the contestant on a waitlist until the end of that day's auditions. Otherwise, if the contestant lacks the ability and performance value to proceed further, the contestant will be rejected. Participating contestants are again given chocolate biscuits to encourage them to perform.

Auditions

Open auditions were held across

Live Grand Finale (10 January 2016)

* Hosts: Nakshathra & Muthu * Celebrity Guests, Performers, and Judges:

Vijay Antony Vijay Antony (born 24 July 1975) is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005. He is the first India ...

Sri Divya Sri Divya (born 1 April 1993) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. She won Nandi Award for Best Child Actress for ''Bharati'', a Telugu film in 2006. Early life Sri Divya was born in Hyderabad of present-day ...

Ramki Ramakrishnan, better known by his stage name Ramki, is an Indian actor best known for his work in Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut in ''Chinna Poove Mella Pesu'' (1987). He was a lead actor from 1987 to 2004. He was known for his per ...

Khushbu Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian actress, politician, film producer and television presenter. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil, besides Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is a rec ...

, Leon James,

Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah is an Indian actress, playback singer, and a musician, who works predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Malayalam language films. She made her acting debut in Tamil language, Tamil film ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' (2007 ...

Suchithra Suchitra Ramadurai, known by the mononym Suchitra, is an Indian radio jockey, popular playback singer, songwriter, composer, voice artist, dubbing artist and film actress. She has sung in multiple languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada ...

Remya Nambeesan Remya Nambeesan (born 24 March 1986) is an Indian actress, playback singer and dancer, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema. She started her career as an actress through the 2000 film ''Sayahnam''. She has acted in more than 65 films includin ...

, Siddharth,

Hiphop Tamizha Hiphop Tamizha () is an Indian musical duo based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The duo consists of Adhithya "Adhi" Venkatapathy and R. Jeeva. Their commercial break-through came with the song "Club le Mabbu le" in 2011. In 2012, Hiphop Tamizha rele ...

Shrutika Shrutika Arjun (b. 1986) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and television personality who appeared in Tamil-language films. After two years of acting, she quit the entertainment industry, but returned in 2022 with the third season of the reali ...

Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad (; born 2 August 1979) is an Indian film composer, lyricist, singer-songwriter and performer. Popularly known by his initials DSP, he is best known for his work in Telugu-language films, and has also worked in a few Tamil films ...

Nirosha Nirosha is an Indian film and television actress. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. After her debut in Tamil in the film ''Agni Natchathiram'' (1988, directed by Mani Ratnam), Nirosha went ...

G. V. Prakash G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian composer, actor, producer and singer known for his work in Tamil films and a few Telugu films as well. His first film was S Pictures' ''Veyil'' (2006) and he became popular in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s. He ...

Sangeetha Krish Sangeetha (born 21 October 1978) is an Indian actress, dancer, and television presenter who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She is known as ''Rasika'' in Malayalam movie industry. Making her acting debut in the mid-1 ...

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, and

Grand Final Results (Season 4)

Post Finals

Season 5

Grand Finale (12 February 2017)

* Hosts: Nakshathra & Dhilip Rayan & Muthu * Celebrity Guests, Performers, and Judges:

Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...

Santhosh Narayanan Santhosh Narayanan is an Indian composer and musician in the Tamil film industry. Early life Santhosh Narayanan was born in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the younger of two children. He was educated at RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappa ...

Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 50 years. Career They started as assistants to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy in 1964 a ...

Sundar C Vinayagar Sundar Vel (born 21 January 1966), known professionally as Sundar C., is an Indian film director, actor and producer. He has directed over 34 films in Tamil and acted in 17 movies as the protagonist. His notable films include ''Ull ...

Kovai Sarala Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995), '' ...

P. Unnikrishnan Parakkal Unnikrishnan (born 9 July 1966) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and playback singer. Early life and background Unnikrishnan was born to K. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Harini Radhakrishnan in Palakkad, Kerala. The family home, Kesari Kutee ...

Shruti Haasan Shruti Haasan (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Born in the Haasan family, she is the daughter of actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika Thakur. ...

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Arunraja Kamaraj Arunraja Kamaraj is a singer, lyricist, actor, director in Tamil-language films. He is known for his works as lyricist in films such as '' Jigarthanda'', '' Theri'', ''Pencil'' and ''Kabali''. He also debuted as an actor in '' Raja Rani'' and a ...

, Nithyasree Mahadevan,

A. R. Reihana Raihanah'' (also known as Rayhanah) ''is an Indian playback singer and composer for films. She is the sister of A. R. Rahman and mother of G. V. Prakash Kumar and Bhavani Sree. Her first song being ''Malle Malle'' from the movie Chocolate for ...

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Wes ...

Sanghavi Sanghavi (born Kavya Ramesh) is an Indian actress and a model known for her work predominantly in Telugu and Tamil language films. She was one of the leading actresses in South Indian cinema for a decade from 1993 to 2004. In her career spannin ...

Uthara Unnikrishnan Uthara Unnikrishnan (born 2004) is an Indian playback singer. In 2015, she won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer at the 62nd National Film Awards for her rendition of the song "Azhagu" from the 2014 Tamil film ''Saivam'', a ...

Shanthanu Bhagyaraj Shanthanu Bhagyaraj (born 24 August 1986) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language films. The son of actors K. Bhagyaraj and Poornima Bhagyaraj, Shanthanu appeared as a child artist in his father's '' Vettiya Madichu Ka ...

, Bharath, Lakshmi Menon,

Arun Vijay Arun Vijay (born 19 November 1977), formerly known as Arun Kumar, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He also starred in a few films in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Born as Arun Kumar and being the only son of veteran actor ...

Ramya NSK Ramya NSK is an Indian playback singer, who has predominantly sung for Tamil language and films. Apart from her work as a singer, she is recognised for being the granddaughter of comedian N. S. Krishnan, actor K. R. Ramaswamy and actress T. A. ...

, Vinaya Karthik Rajan,

Sanchita Shetty Sanchita Shetty is an Indian actress, who has appeared predominately in Tamil and Kannada films. She appeared in supporting roles at the beginning of her career. She got her first breakthrough after starring in female lead role in ''Soodhu Kavv ...

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Grand Final Results (Season 5)

References

External links

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